Improvement in police-nippers



dilated dtzswtle @aient @Mire W. GRAY PHILLIPS, OF BROOKLYN-,NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN POLICELNIPPERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, 'W. GRAY PHILLIPS, of Brooklyn, Kings county, NewYork, have invented a new andimproved Police-Nippers; and Ido herebydecla-re that the following is a full, clear-fand exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the 'art to make and usethe-same, reference being hadl to the accompanying drawing,forrning partof this speci' fication.

'lhe figure is a side view of my improvednippers, part being broken awayto show the construction.

My invention has for its-.object to furnish a neat, simple,andconvenient instrumentfor use by the policev in securing plisonerswhom they are takingfto the station-house; and :which shall be soconstructed that it can be easily and quickly applied to the wrist ofthe prisoner, and when applied, will enable hiru to be securely held;4and .1t consists ofthe nippers c onstruoted as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The body of the nppers is made in two parts, A and B, which are exactlyalike in forro and'construction.

The forward parts or jaws, a1 and b1, of said parts are curved, as showninthe drawing, so as to pass around the wrist ofthe prisoner.

The parts a2 and 112,"extend out parallel with each other, as Yshown,and arethen heut outat iight angles and in oppositedirections, 'to forma handle, a? b3, for the instrument.

The two parts A and B are pivoted to each other at or near the bases ofthe curved jaws al b1, as shown in the figure.

C is a spring-catch, one end of which is riveted or otherwise ,securedto one of the handjes, as a, and its other end has a projeetion formeduponits inner side, which enters Aa hole in the other part, b3, of thehandle, to lock the nippers when closed.

The extreme endof the spring-catch is slightly turned up, so that it maybe raised to unfasten the nippers with the thumb of the hand that holdsthe said4 nippers.

If desired, severalholes may be formed for the projection of thespring-catch C, so that the nippers may be fastened upon a larger or4smaller wrist, as it may not always -bepossible for `the police to havewith them an instrument of the proper size.

A recess should be formed' in the handle a b, for

' the spring-catch C, so that the handle of the uippers may be smooth. Y

Having thus described my invention,

What Iclaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letf ters Patent, isv Animproved police-nippers, formed by the combina-v tion of .the two parts-A B, and spring-catch C, withd each other, said parts beingconstructed, arranged, and operating ,substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purposes set forth.

` The above specicatiou of `my invention signed by me, this 12th day ofFebruary, 1869.

' W. GRAY PHILLIPS.

Witnesses FRANK BLOCKLEY, JAMES T.GRAH4M.

